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Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts

Friday, 31 January 2020

Moustache Mockery

'Moustache Pete' was a derogatory name given to the old style Sicilian Mafioso crime bosses who had come to the USA in the early 20th century.

Giuseppe "The Clutch Hand" Morello
Giuseppe "The Clutch Hand" Morello

In Korea, moustaches are also likely to prompt derogatory names ... or at least that's the excuse being given, for the social media attacks being directed at Harry Harris, the US Ambassador to South Korea. 

Saturday, 12 March 2011

Only One News Story ...........

Japan Devastated By Tsunami ..... Thousands Killed  ..... Whole Towns Wiped Out ..... Nuclear Disaster Feared ..... ...

There is only one news story this week. I make no apologies for just the one post this weekend ..... I am just not in the mood to look at other subjects.

If ever proof were needed in the truth the old adages of a picture being worth a thousand words, and every picture telling a story, its surely these from Japan  ......


Sadly, these Tsunami are well known in this part of the world, as this famous print illustrates ....

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